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stouffville january 5th 1928 this is leap year girls are you keeping your new years resolutions a z bill will send the tribune to distant friends for a whole year isnt the new ford entitled to be called elizabeth not merely lizzie any more reere morgan baker won the election in whitchurch in the contest of 1927 by a majority of 65 rotes latest word from mr and mrs f w silvester says they have got as far as queenston ireland it is said that canadas potato crop is not as large as last year but after allowing for export there will still be almost six bags left for every per son in the country so we ought to get along on that citizens are asked to keep in mind the sacred band concert to be given next sunday following the evening the village joker sends us in this church services in ratcliffs hall comic as an aftermath of the instrumental and vocal numbersand election in town lord remember david in all bis afflictions christmas is the time when you buy presents for other people and new years is the time when you make resolutions for your self wouldnt it be glorious if we could buy presents for ourselves and make resolutions for other people dr sangster and miss edith sang- 6ter attended the funeral of the late h s cane last week at newmarket who died in his 78th year he was an exmayor of newmarket and one of the most prominent and highly esteemed residents of the district band selections silver collection george w wilson is again elected what we believe to the oldest mrn vin havine voter in the county of york to mark the rumor that the child of jos gayman had scarlet fever proves to be false she had a sore throat and a rash caused by intestinal intoxica tion w a sangster s s ball moh as reeve of markham village having received an acclamation as did the jyembers of the council and school fcoard in the village a watchnight service was held in the local mennonite church when a goodly number assembled in the service as the old year passed out and the new year ushered in j r campbell who was defeated in the contest for 1st deputyreevo in markham attributes his failure to a determined campaign waged jjq gilversides wielded the ham mer and bidding tor the most part a ballot on monday la3t is mrs wallico of lemonvllle mother of mr mike wallace this aged lady is 95 years old but despite her years suevas quite capable of marking her own ballot hawtins cattle sale on the wilmot brown farm last saturday was well attended buyers being present from long distances prices ranged fairly high and twentyfour cows brought 2280 or an average of 95 auc- against him over his stand on the doncaster subdivision fred w betzs auction sale of farm stock on the 9th concession of whitchurch on wednesday of last week attracted a large crowd and prices ranged well up mrbetz is giv ing up farming and has rented his place to earl davis was brisk auditorium theatre stouffville friday and saturday jan 6th and 7th orchids and ermine colleen moore comedy jolly tars paramount news reel the womenjs institute remember ed the shutins of our town and community at christmas time by sending flowers or boxes containing cake candy and fruit to over thirty home3 the members of the w 1 donated the homemade candy for the boxes others gave money the eastern star chapter of stoutfville also sent out christmas baskets friday and saturday jan 13th and 14th all aboard johnny hines comedy excess baggage paramount news reel admission 15 and 25c s g schmidt prop last friday afternoon a very jolly party was held in t w eaglesons music studio when a dozen or so of the junior pupils gathered and en joyed a program of piano soosduets games etc ruth barker edra bir- kett mary crosier helen hastings franke and eureta johnson elinore marshall and margaret smith all played their parts well light re freshments closed the party at the final meeting of the stouffvillc school board for 1927 it was determined to inaugurate the teaching of agriculture in the local public school miss lillian dowswell teacher of second book work has been appointed to handle the special subject for which an extra grant is obtained and for which miss dows well will be reimbursed to the ex tent of 40 her duties will be quite onerous as it will be necessary to visit all the home gardens and per form sundry duties during the year miss dowswell holds special qual ifications for the teaching of this subject scott phone 18201 mns west dkuj end stouffville we wish to thank our many customers for their splendid patronage to us during the short time we have been in business in stouffville we sincerely hope that we have won many permanent customers and it will be our ambition to retain them as such and at the same time gaining other new ones we wish all a merry christmas and a happy and prosperous new year word has been received here of the sudden death in hollywoodcal of mrs mary ada flint campbell widow of j w campbell formerly of toronto she was the youngest daughter of the late george flint senior of stouffville she i3 surviv ed by four sons austin irving and kenneth in hollywood norman in calgary one daughter lois in hollywood five brothers matt flint of hollywood frank and ralph of toronto simeon rochester ny and paul in the peace river district as a girl mrs campbell lived in stouffville for many years mrs w b sanders and mrs frank baker o stouffville are nieces of the deceased all municipal councils are requir ed to meet at 11 am next monday intermediate hockey friday night whitby vs stouffville we understand that the local stores are likely to close each even ing excepting saturday during the winter months big special sale of footwear not an annual event but something new and profitable to those who come and take advantage start next week walt for it geo h saunders rat- cliff block the rt hon w l mackenzie king was in the riding last week being in attendance at the funeral of the late h s cane at newmarket with whom he was a life long person al friend now the holiday season is over this choral class under the direction ot mr h m fletcher will meet cm- practiceon thursday jan 5th at 745 in the basement of the united church all members are requested to attend the shoe manufacturers handed out a nice new year announcement to the public when they issued a state ment that a general advance is to take effet at once inall footwear lines de forest crosley radio early in the new year mr robt mckinnon intends to return from toronto and again occupy his pro perty on the 10th concession a mile north of stouffville since he left here a year ago robert has been dishing up honey dew in one of those little twobyfour stores on a busy downtown toronto street and the whirl and rush has had a bad effect on his health the lure of the country life is calling him so hard again that mr and mrs mckinnon will return and we understand will remodel their home into an up-to- date dwelling mr mckinnon was a successful grower of vegetables and his friends will welcome his return roy strong the tenant on the pro perty is holding an auction sale on january 12th when he will dispose of his truck garden material and a big list of good household furniture just after dark on friday evening last mr dan hall a well known local farmer met in collision with mr alvin farmer the young gorm- ley auctioneer which while not proving fatal to anyone scared every body concerned almost stiff and damaged the lizzie driven by farmer as well as smashing up the harness and injuring the hall horse it seems that the man from gormley was coming to town with his benzine buggy which was travelling along with only one light in the darkness mr and mrs hall wore said to ha taking a little chance also by travell ing homeward without any light on their chariot when the two parties met just at the outskirts of stouff ville they collided in no uncertain manner the harness was torn off the horse and the buggy upturned quicker than a cat can wink its eye mr and mrs hall were quite badly bruised while the car came out little the worse onlookers say it is a marvel that more serious results were not inflicted as an outcome of the mixup the christmas meeting of the wo mens institute was hold at the home of mrs irene byam sixty were present to enjoy the afternoons pro gram there was exchange of gifts and a christmas tree for the children mr and mrs santa claus arrived in time to distribute the presents and popcorn to the children numbering over twenty lunch was served oar motto rtrte new year is going to be quality and service quality because we handle the- best quality of goods in our differ ent lines which cair be prodseetl such as bell cowbran and shor the superior brand of wheat feedsk schumacher feed the oldest mill feed on the market our seeds are from select- ed fields service our service is extended to the people in town by our de livery wagon making a trip every day to the people around stouffville our office and elevator are open 3 nights a week dtoring ine months of the rear our credit system of service is extended to all our eustomers for thirty day for longer credit we have an other system which is extended to our customers and which is being greatly appreciated wishing you all a happy new year stiver bros flow feed and seed merchants phone 4501 kathleen loney the 12yearold daughter of rev and mrs cj loney of hamilton met with an unfortun ate accident while visiting lieie at the home of her grandfather this week kathleen was playing on the ice when she fell in suoh a manner as- to fracture the wrist of her right arm this will seriously interfere with her school work for a time which makes the affair the more re grettable the unusually mild season thus far loft many a merchant with a heavy stock of winter goods that should have been disposed of before christmas this is one reason why the big sale of merchandise will be bigger than ever this month at shaws stouffville store there will be outstanding bargains in every department and many will be offer ed not mentioned in the big display advertisment in this weeks issue of i the tribune the congregation of continuing presbyterians at markham village are making application to the legis lative assembly of ontariofor an act to convey to the church of canada in markham the land and buildings known as the presbyterian manse in markham and also for legislative authority declaring that all monies in the trust account morgan fund shall be for the benefit of the con tinuing presbyterians the petition to parliament is signed by james malcolm william grant t w un derwood and james torrance sales proved it the new roypl series offers the greatest radio value ever placed on the canadian irirket sweeping sales throughout cansda have more than proved this statement we suggest that you call at our store and see and hear the de- forest crosley radio f y w brath waite successor to silvester bros hardware mrs mary m brownell widow of the late rev de brownell died at the residence of her sister mrs acheson at 44 alvin ave toronto last week aged s3 years she was the daughter of the late ravtifus cosford during thj s3 years sie lived in toronto she was active in wctu work being one of the pro moters of willard hall sho was an ardent church worker with ihe cen tral methodist church mrsbrownell is survived by five children and two sisters two daughters live in tor onto mrs chas p lusk and miss l brownell and mrs a e booth of stouffville one son f p brownell resides in toronto and the other h p brownell in birmingham j la and two sisters airs acheson of to ronto and mrs j sanby of santa anno cal mount albert mr and mrs j maclean spending a week in toronto mr and mrs thomas baden are visiting with friends in oshawa miss nellie shields of toronto is visiting with her aunt mrspearson edward hand spont now year with his sister mrs geo hutchison stanley draper of toronto spent the holidays with his brother walter draper mrs dan cook is visiting for a week or two with her sister in woodbridge mr and mrs lunau of toronto spent the holiday with their mother mrs t ough misses gertrude and mnrjorlo moore visited their parents mr and mrs john moore david arnold of saskatchewan is spending the winter months with his mother mrs a arnold miss hilda wagg spent the holi day wtlh her brother who is in the general motors in oshawa mr and mrs carruthers of stay- ner are spending a week at the home of their son dr carruthers the third annual meeting of the mount albert horticultural society will be hold oft wednesday jan 11 rov ii o hutchison and family spent the holidays at bracebrldge misses minnie and libbie leoko spent the holiday in markham miss ella arnold ot oshawa is visiting her parents mr- and mrs j the contest for councillors in arnold miss arnold 1t a teacher in stouffville at the january election the public school staff here stood thus the nomination meeting on mon- john mckinnon 224 day night was well attended and jj w sanders 222 mesrs w s robertson harmon the annual meeting of the sunday school at victoria square was held on wednesday dec 2sth with rev w haig in the chair the report showed an attendance enrolled ot 180 and an average attendance ot 112 being comparable in size to the united church at stouffville the total receipts 45620 total expendi ture 43087 at the election ot officers rolph boynton was chosen superintendent the following are his officers and teachers for 1928 first assistant supt l l nichols missionary supt r f klinck 3rd assistant mrsida nichols 4th assist ant mrs r f boynton temperance supt gerald lyon librarian s boynton and w smith secretaries f gee and h collard pianists miss ella nichols mrs h collard miss marie dennle home dept mrs r f klinck secretary homo dept miss lena moynihnn leader of reading miss ethel mortson mr fbrumwell troasuror mrw briimwell leaders of singing miss m mccaguo mr r e sanderson mr h collard the vote a year ago dike nrd thomas baden werf elo cd trustees by acclamation for the ensuing year jos borinsky 174 d h rusnell 172 john cleaver 163 watch this space for bargains in january a g lehman the peoples shoe store stouffville superior groceries shredded wheat 2 pkgs 25c kellogs corn flakes 2 pkgs lq grape nuts per pkg l red cohoe salmon s 19c is gac kippered smacks 4 tins 25c magic baking powder 16 oz tin 35c neilsons chocolates eskimo pies arctic sweethearts a w scott phone orders promptly delivered storm windows e reduce fuel costs let us fit up your home with wellmade storm sash and doors which will repay their cost in one season made to order we also can supply you with lumber shingles lath and lime ii stouffville planing mill stouffer schell nw phoe 194 stouffville m ihii ill special tea sale wc are making a special offer on our teas this week these teas are of exceptional value and we invite you to give them a trial today domino dsl bulk tea 59i jejowassao reg blend 69c ensllth breakfit styl smcfaistell a real flavory tea reg 79c c golden tip lb broken orange pekoe choice handpicked 4 aylmer brand spinach 15c pumpkin 1 0c clark no 2 tin o pork beans i4c heinz tomato 25c ketchup i bi club horn olives 39c toy pail bsstter finest granulated or yellow s 10 fibs 68c 665 bag mclaren invincible jelly powders 3 pm 25c aylmer condenied chicken soup 24c tin rowntree elect cocoa 25c butter braeslde brand the fin- built r to b obtain mayfield brand 4c lb special prices on eggs alu eccs are guaranteed an4 crcd according to cftrnmfnt regulation extras ei 4ycdoi storage firsts 45c doz bluebird cocoanut h p sauce cotie 26c kkovch health salts 18c tin b5rjnscrn tlarch zic cooks friend lrioj tin i2sc tasty bread the beit bread for the table tasty 8 j mayonnaise 3e dikiu wit rk ctd mti q wafers si tit jcnes tins ot rzlc c ti ivory sorjj p- soc i tei lfuiatno baking io er paul boadway manager andj- amirovi 2 pllv 15c j lzziz